mechanical means of a proper construction to be provided within a reasonable time, and such fan or other mechanical means shall be so provided, maintained, and used.

Sec. 39. No criminal prosecution shall be instituted for any violation of the provisions of sections 37 and 38 of this act unless such employer shall have neglected for four weeks to make such changes in his factory or workshop as shall have been ordered by an inspector of factories, by a notice in writing, delivered to or received by such employer.

Sec. 40. Every public building and every schoolhouse shall be kept in a cleanly state, and free from effluvia arising from any drain, privy or other nuisance, and shall be provided with a sufficient number of proper water closets, earth closets, or privies for the reasonable use of the persons admitted to such public building, or of the pupils attending such schoolhouse.

Sec. 41. Every public building and every schoolhouse shall be ventilated in such a proper manner that the air shall not become so exhausted as to become injurious to the health of the persons present therein. The provisions of this section and the preceding section shall be enforced by the inspection department of the district police. Sec. 42. Whenever it appears to an inspector of factories and public buildings that further and different sanitary provisions or means of ventilation are required in any public building or schoolhouse, in order to conform to the requirements of this act, and that the same can be provided without incurring unreasonable expense, such inspector may issue a written order to the proper person or authority directing such sanitary provisions or means of ventilation to be provided, and they shall thereupon be provided, in accordance with such order, by the public authority, corporation, or person having charge of, owning, or leasing such public building or schoolhouse.

Sec. 43. Any school committee, public officer, corporation, or person shall within four weeks after the receipt of an order from an inspector, as provided in the preceding section, provide the sanitary provisions or means of ventilation required thereby.

The President:-Gentlemen, you have heard the reading of the correspondence. I would ask the chairman of the committee what is the desire of the committee in regard to it; whether they prefer to hold the report open and get the opinion of the members present and later on present a complete report, with recommendations, or whether they consider what has been given us already as the report of the committee.

Mr. Mackay: It would be a question as to whether we could fur

ther fill out the report without the assistance of one of the three other members of the committee. I think it is no longer possible that we shall have them at the meeting, and it would seem to me that you would either have to take this as a final report, or appoint some others to take the place of the three members of the committee who will not be present.

The President:-The other three are?——

Mr. Mackay: Mr. Prentice, Mr. Harding, and Mr. Crane. The President:-Mr. Harding, I understand, is in the West at the present time.

Mr. Mackay:-I am told that Mr. Prentice is in the city. The President:-In that case it might be well to hold the report open until a majority of the committee get together to make a positive recommendation to accompany the report. I think that would be well if it meets with the sense of the meeting. If there is no objection on the part of the members present, we will receive the report as a partial report and defer any action until we get a majority of the committee to complete the report.

I would now call for the report of the committee on uniform contract and specifications. Mr. Quay, I see, is in the room and can tell us something about it.

Mr. D. M. Quay:-Mr. President, I have not any definite report prepared. I corresponded with all the members of the committee and received letters from them, and I had hoped to be able to call the committee together at this meeting. I do not think a majority of the committee are here, but possibly they will be. I should like to defer my report until I can find out whether we can have a meeting of the committee. If they do not come, then I will read you what I have, if that is satisfactory.

The President:-May I ask, Mr. Quay, if you expect a majority of your committee here. Have you any information as to that?

Mr. Quay:-I have no information as to that. The secretary probably has a list of the members of the committee and can tell whether they are likely to be here or not.

Secretary Hart:-I see by the report that Mr. Jellett, Mr. Quay, and Mr. Smith are on that committee.

The President:-Mr. Harding and Mr. Bates were afterwards added at the last annual meeting, and then I asked that some one else take my place. Is that correct, Mr. Quay?

Mr. Quay:-I did not understand that Mr. Jellett was excused from the committee and that the other two members were added. The President:-As I have it in my notes, Mr. Quay (Chairman), Mr. Smith, Mr. Harding, Mr. Bates, and myself were the

original committee. First of all the committee consisted of three, and there were two added—Mr. Harding and Mr. Bates.

Mr. Quay: That is correct, I think.

The President:-If it meets with the sense of the meeting, we will defer the report of the committee on uniform contract and specifications until some later time in the meeting. I would like, however, the sense of the members present on this matter.

Mr. Quay: I would like to ask the secretary if he has any information as to whether the other members of the committee are likely to be here or not?

Secretary Hart:—I have not. I think Mr. Smith will be here. I do not think Mr. Harding will be here. I have not heard from Mr. Bates lately. A little while ago he wrote me that he would be here probably, but I have not heard from him since.

The President:-Will some gentleman make a motion that the report of this committee be deferred until later in the meeting, so that we can take it up more fully?

Mr. Mackay:—I move, Mr. President, that the report be deferred until later in the meeting. (Motion carried.)

The President:-The next is the report of the committee on tests. Are there any members of that committee here? Major Light is the chairman. He is not here. I have a letter from him in which he expressed a doubt of getting here, but he thinks it is quite likely his son will be here. That committee is Major Light, Mr. Hunting, and Mr. Bates. I have not seen any of them here as yet. Major Light makes no report in the letter. He simply refers to the question of the uncertainty of his getting here. We will have to pass that.

The President:-The next in order is the appointment of the nominating committee, but by direction of the board of managers a note has been placed at the bottom of the programme fixing the time of the appointment of this committee for the afternoon, on the ground that a great many people from out of town get here late, and it would not be advisable to appoint a nominating committee until we have a full session; so that will be taken up at the assembling this afternoon. The next will be the reading of papers. If there is no further business to come before the meeting at the present time-no preferred business- we will take the papers up in the order in which they are given on the programme. There are some matters of business that will require to be taken up later under the head of new business. There is nothing that is now pending that could be attended to, and we will take up the first paper in the series "Electric Heating," by W. S. Hadaway.

Mr. Hadaway then presented his paper.

The President:-Gentlemen, the paper on electric heating is now open for the discussion of the members.

Mr. Wiltsie F. Wolfe:-I move, Mr. President, that a vote of thanks of the society be tendered to Mr. Hadaway for his very able paper. (Motion carried.)

The President:-The paper is open for discussion and we would like to hear from the members.

Mr. D. M. Quay:—I am not going to discuss the paper, but there is one point I wish to call attention to, and that is that Mr. Hadaway has dealt with facts. There is no guess work about it. He gives us the results of his experiments, which, I think, are very valuable. That is one thing which should be adhered to in our our papers and discussions. It is quite interesting to have a man give us facts that have been proved to be true.

The President: Is there any further discussion?

If not, there is one question that should be taken up now as to our hours of meeting and adjournment for each session, so that members can make engagements which will not conflict with the hours of meeting.

Mr. Barron: It is understood, of course, Mr. President, that the discussion of this subject can be resumed at any time, with the consent of the meeting.

The President:-The intention is, I think, all through, that at any point of the programme, matters of interest connected with any of the papers can be brought up by members calling attention to it at the proper time. It is now I o'clock, and if we could fix an hour for our reassembling, I think it would be well to adjourn.

Mr. Barron: I move, Mr. Chairman, that we adjourn until 2 o'clock.

The President:-There are one or two committees, Mr. Barron, that want to report when we reassemble. I would suggest that you make it a quarter after or half-past two, as we want to give our committees time.

Mr. Barron:-Make it a quarter after two.

The President:-I think that would be better.

The motion to adjourn until 2:15 was put and carried.

AFTERNOON SESSION.

The meeting was called to order at 3 P. M.

The President:-The secretary will first announce the result of the last vote for members sent out which has been passed upon by the council during the intermission.

Secretary Hart:-The result of the last vote is that Andrew Har

vey, Detroit, Mich.; John A. Connolly, New York; and Francis A. Williams, New York, have been elected members, and E. J. Brooks, Bridgeport, Conn., and Howard A. Lock, Philadelphia, Pa., have been elected juniors.

The President:-The next thing on the programme was made the special business for the opening of this session-the appointment of the nominating committee. If you will note the clause on the programme, it says the nominating committee is to be appointed this afternoon to present the names of candidates for office at the opening of the session to-morrow afternoon. I would appoint on that committee, which the rules require shall be five, B. Harold Carpenter, Thomas Barwick, J. J. Wilson, H. A. Joslin, and J. J. Blackmore. They will get together after the session this afternoon and report at the opening of the session to-morrow afternoon.

I would like to have the sense of the meeting on the question of taking up new business at this point of the programme before getting down to papers. There are one or two things left over from last year that were to be brought up at this meeting, and it would be a good time, it seems to me, to bring them up now, rather than interfere with the discussion of papers. If this is the sense of the meeting, I think these matters can be taken up and put through in a short time.

Mr. B. F. Stangland:-The board of managers suggest in their report that at least three members of the council be selected from one city or vicinity, in order that they should hold more frequent meetings. I move you, sir, that it is the sense of this meeting that the nominating committee shall nominate at least a majority of the council from one city, as that would facilitate the transaction of business by enabling them to get together and act without so much correspondence and delay, not only in papers, but in applications for membership. I put that in the form of a motion. (Seconded.) The President:-Is there any discussion, or is there any member who would like to ask the reason for making this recommendation? Mr. J. J. Blackmore:-As one of the nominating committee, there is a question I would like to ask, so that the thing can be embodied in this motion, if found necessary; that is, whether the nominating committee is expected to bring in a number of candidates for each office, or whether they are to nominate just the number that is called for. In the latter case, the nominating committee would practically be an electing committee. If, on the other hand, the nominating committee brings in a number, the ballots, when they are cast, might elect members from widely different constituencies. The point just occurred to me as to how to get over the